Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council

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Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council Majlis Perbandaran Hang Tuah Jaya
Type
Type	Local authority of Hang Tuah Jaya
History
Founded	1 January 2010
Leadership
President	Sapiah Haron
Municipal Secretary	Rohaya Abdullah
Meeting place
SF-01, Aras 2, Kompleks Melaka Mall, Jalan Tun Abdul Razak - Lebuh Ayer Keroh, Hang Tuah Jaya, 75450, Ayer Keroh, Melaka.
Website
www.mphtj.gov.my

Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (Malay: Majlis Perbandaran Hang Tuah Jaya, MPHTJ) is the local authority which administers Hang Tuah Jaya, a municipality covering an area of 145.5886 square kilometres (35,975.7 acres)^[1] and consists of the northern part of Melaka Tengah District, the western part of Jasin District and the southeastern part of Alor Gajah District in Malacca, Malaysia.

Like all local governments in Malaysia, MPHTJ are responsible for public health and sanitation, waste removal and management, town planning, environmental protection and building control, social and economic development and general maintenance functions of the town's urban infrastructure. The MPHTJ main headquarters is located at Melaka Mall (formerly known as Kotamas) in Ayer Keroh, Hang Tuah Jaya, opposite the headquarters of Malacca City Council along Lebuh Ayer Keroh.

Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council was established under Section 3 of the Local Government Act 1976, (Act 171) as the Local Authority of Hang Tuah Jaya and began operations on 1 January 2010.^[2]